Is the UNESCO Office in Paris falling to pieces? Musings on Picasso In 1958 Pablo Picasso painted a mural for the UNESCO office, but after its installation he refused to sign it. Is this unfinished, soulless work of art perhaps emblematic for the state the organization is in? Marlous van den Akker • June 10, 2013 • 1 comment
Mummies and coffins in Leiden Somehow mummies and coffins have always fascinated people. Why? From the moment archaeologists excavated many of them, mummies and coffins started lives that were not originally intended. Pieter ter Keurs • June 03, 2013 • 2 comments
The problem of ‘culture’ in the New Economy Governments around the world postulate digital entrepreneurship as the key to their nations’ economic future. Yet it seems that this call for more entrepreneurial citizens also goes hand in hand with a request to change culture. Zane Kripe • May 27, 2013
Youngsters and the new credit counter In 2011, one in eight youngsters applied for debt counselling (schuldhulpverlening), with their debts running up to €30,000. Why do so many young people have such large consumer debts? Erik Bähre • May 13, 2013 • 2 comments
When eco chic meets halal Islam has always been a lifestyle of ethical choices, but how is a new blend of halal and green consumption practices to contribute to debates on sustainable development? Bart Barendregt • April 22, 2013
Economy as pseudo-nature: what’s the problem? Economists make a mistake when they make us belief that the economy is a natural force. Economy is not nature. There is no economy outside of human relations, except maybe for monkeys grooming each other. Economy is society and culture. Erik Bähre • April 22, 2013
Exposing the interface: the critical future of (cyborg) anthropology Should ditigal research by anthropologists, or <i>cyborg anthropology</i>, be made available as a corporate market research technique? Or should it make explicit how our “predictions” for the future normalize political and corporate interests? Dorien Zandbergen • April 22, 2013
Moving heritage: a political issue We are inclined to 'sacralize' heritage, as if the importance of certain objects has always been seen and recognized and has always been beyond discussion. But meanings attributed to certain objects have always been subject to change. Pieter ter Keurs • April 22, 2013
Intercultural love in Lovina Masterstudent Cecile Schimmel is doing fieldwork in Indonesia. Her research is on intercultural love relationships, her location Lovina Beach, northern Bali. She applies Visual Ethnography as a method. A report from the field by a visiting lecturer. Janine Prins • April 15, 2013
